About the Authors

Chamberline E. Ozigbu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Zhenlong Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geoinformation and Big Data Research Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bankole Olatosi

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America, South Carolina SmartState Center for Healthcare Quality, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America, Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC), University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

James W. Hardin

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Nicole L. Hair

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hairnl@mailbox.sc.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.